Fly-killer.



G. F. MILLER.

FLY KILLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1013.

1,1 18,508, Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTULITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. 6

UNITED 1 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A.CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FLY-KILLER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnoncn F. MILLER, acitizen of the United States, Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fly-Killers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in fly killers and consists inthe novel devices and combinations of parts and devices hereinafter morefully set forth and made the subject matter of claim.

In. the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the fly killer; Fig. 2 is a partialsection of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section onthe line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a respective, diagrammatic viewillustrating the manner of applying the wicks.

The subject matter of the present invention is a fly killer of the kindin which a wick saturated with poison is kept wet by capillaryattraction which draws water up from a reservoir placed below the wick.And in the present instance the apparatus is made shallow and flat, bothin order that the wicks may be short and in order that the device maylay flatwise and thus danger of upsetting the same may be lessened. Adifliculty in the cheap production and manufacture of fly killers ofthis general type has been the threading of the wicks in place after thestructure is completed. In the present invention this difficulty isentirely overcome by the structure of the device, which permits therapid and ready insertion and retention of the wicks and. at the sametime preserves all the advantages of the best modern form of fly killersof this general type.

One of the desirable features of this type of fly killer is that thewicks shall be short; that the reservoir for water shall be shallow andwidely extended; that the device as a whole shall be flat in structure;that the extended surfaceof the fly killer shall present a wide area ofpoison impregnated surface, so that as the fly killer lies flat acurrent of air passing over the same in whatsoever direction shallpresent a Wide band or area of air containing the scent of the moistenedpoisonous wicks to better attract the files which are accustomed to flyagainst the air.

current toward the source of the smell which Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 21, 1913.

residing in i Patented Nov. 24, 1914. Serial No. 774,968.

attracts them. All of these advantages are attained in the presentinvention by the very simple expedient of constructing the wick openingsin the upper flat inclosed moisture container, in the form of a longslot and placing two or more such slots at an angle to each other. Thisform. of which slot enables the ready application of a double felt wickby the means of a blade. as will presently be described, and alsoenables a wide extent of air to be ilifluenced by the emanation from thewickin whatever direction the air current may be moving.

In the accompanying drawing A is the sheet metal bottom of the flatvessel for containing the liquid part of the fly poison; B is thecombined walls vessel, which may be made in a single piece anddoublescamed to the bottom as at b: C is the removable sheet metal plugaccess to the interior of the vessel for convenience in filling the samewith the liquid contents. The upper surface of the cover 13 is cut withthe slots D, D D The sheet metal edges of these slots 'D, etc., areturned down as at (Z at each side of the slot. The two flanges (Z thusformed are pointed slightly toward each other, making a passage-way forthe wick, which is slightly smaller at its lower part than at its upperpart, thus causing said passageway to act as a detainer for the wickwhen inserted to and cover of the.

for giving surface of the same time to permit the easy insertion of thewick from above.

In practice in the manufacture of the fly killer the wicks, consistingof felt saturated with a fly poison, and preferably also with somesubstance which will give off an attractive odor, are first cut into theform of strips of a width equal to twice the required depth of the wickand of a the length of the slot D or D, etc. To insert the wick thisstrip is laid along the slot and a sharp-edged blade, as for example theblade E, standing parallel with and central above the slot D, is forceddown upon the double width strip the same in its center and when thebottom of the container is reached a of the blade operates to cut thestrip into two parts, after which the blade is withdrawn the detainingform of the wick slot preventing the Withdrawal of the two parts offelt, thereby folding.

length equal to a l 05 further descent 1 I the odor will be disseminatedinto the air,

- the flies attracted and killed by the sipping of the poisoned water.

I claim:

A liquid container for a fly killer, having a sheet metal top formedwith long wick Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing slots, the edges of which slots are arrangedopposite to and at the same level with each other, and are formed withtwo separate bent-down flanges arranged parallel and close together, andinclined toward each other and adapted to spring toward or apart from.each other, the said flanges forming a perpendicular opening from end toend of the slot for the introduction of a wick-inserting and cuttingtool together with a fiat doubled wick, said flanges being adapted toindependently spring inward and acting to strip the two parts of thewick from the knife after the wick has been cut at its middle, below thesaid slot.

, GEORGE F. MILLER.

Witnesses Eow. Q. BAKER,

GHAnLEs Ascrinn.

the Commissioner of IE'atents,

Washington, D. G.

ions in Letters Patent No. 1,118,508

Correct It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,1 18,508.granted November 24:,

1914, upon the application of George I Miller, of Brooklyn, New York.for an improvement in Fly-Killers," errors appear in the printedspecification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 63, for theword which read wick; same page,

line 89, after the Word Withdrawal insert the words oft/w quick; andthat the said Letters Patent should be read with these correctionstherein that the same may eonform to the record of the case in thePatent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 26th day of January, .A. D. 1915.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

